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Meaning of the nameLeiriane

Leiriane is a Brazilian female name ending in -iane, a formative linked to the French ending -ane, and its meaning is not known for certain.

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,068 people named Leiriane, the 7,913th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 30, and the largest group was born in the 1990s. Proportionally, it is most common in Paraná.

Meaning

The meaning of Leiriane is not known for certain. The sources consulted give no settled meaning for it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

People (2022)
1,068
Rank in Brazil
#7,913
Median age
30 years
2010 Census
1,043
people

Leiriane in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Leiriane, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1990s (418 people).

1,067 women 0 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Leiriane is most common

States with the highest share of people named Leiriane in the population, in the 2022 Census.

  1. Paraná 0.001%
  2. Minas Gerais 0.001%
  3. São Paulo 0.000%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Minas Gerais1930.001%
São Paulo1360.000%
Paraná1170.001%
Ceará830.001%
Goiás680.001%
Pará610.001%
Amazonas420.001%
Bahia390.000%
Mato Grosso370.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul360.001%
Rondônia350.002%
Rio de Janeiro330.000%
Espírito Santo330.001%
Maranhão260.000%
Santa Catarina240.000%
Piauí190.001%
Distrito Federal170.001%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Leiriane

The ending -iane is described as a feminine formative, perhaps a fragment of names such as Cristiane, and the ending -ane comes from French -anne. This ending also appears in Lariane, Raiane and Juciane. The first part, Leiri-, has no documented derivation, and so the meaning of the whole name is not known for certain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,068 people named Leiriane, almost always women, most of them born in the 1980s and 1990s. Proportionally, it is most common in Paraná.

Sources

  1. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-ane, -iane) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Leiriane

What does the name Leiriane mean?

The meaning of Leiriane is not known for certain: the sources consulted give no settled meaning for it. So we give none; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

How many people are named Leiriane in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,068 people with the first name Leiriane, which ranks it number 7,913 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

Is Leiriane a boy's or a girl's name?

Leiriane is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,067 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

In which Brazilian state is Leiriane most common?

Proportionally, in Paraná: 0.001% of the state's population is named Leiriane (117 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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